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UMBRELLA AND PARASOL. No. 269,846. Patented Jan. 2, 1883.

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R. GEI'SLER. UMBRELLA AND PARASOL.

Patented Jan. 2, 1883.

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ROBERT GEISLER, OF LEIPSIO, GERMANY, ASSIGNOR T0 KNAUTH & (30., OF SAME PLACE.

UMBRELLA AND PARA'SOL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 269,846, dated January 2. 1883.

Application filed May 1, 1882. (N0 model.) Patented in Germany August 12, 1880, No. 12,839; in England January 19, 1882, No. 273; in Austria-Hungary March 4, 1882, No. 2,953 and No. 8,319, and in France April 2.), 1-382, No. 147,432.

To all who-m it may concern Be it known that 1, ROBERT GEISLER, of Leipsic, in the Empire 0t Germany, have invented a new and useful ltnprovement in Umbrellas and Parasols, of which the following is a specification.

Figure l is a side view of my improved umbrella, showing it contracted; Fig. 2, a similar view of the same, showing it expanded. Figs. 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 are detail views, hereinafter more fully referred to.

The object of this invention is to produce a paiasol or umbrella which when folded t0- gether willcontract a spring for throwing it open the'momenta catch at the handle is released.

The invention consists in the new combination of parts hereinafter more fully described.

in the drawings, the letter A represents the stick of the umbrella, having a handle, B, and in this handle aspring-catch 0r holding-pin, a, is secured, such as that shown in Fig. 9, or an L-shaped slot or equivalent means oi fastening the lower runner, D. The runnerD has a horizontal slot, 1), for the catch a to engage in, as shown in Fig. 9, and may, if desired, be swivcled and provided with arr L shaped slot, so that it can be turned toengage with a rigid catch-pin, a. Therunner D carries the inner ends ot-the braces E, which braces are pivoted to the umbrella-ribs F at or near their middlethat is to say, at or near the middle of'theribs .F. The upper and inner ends of the ribs F are secured in a crown-ring, G, that is rigidly secured in theupperportion of the stem A. With the ribs F, at or'about the points where the braces E join them, are also flexibly united other braces, J, whose inner ends are fastened to a supplemental runner, H, that rests when the parasol or umbrella is expanded on a cushion, d, which surrounds the stem A and bears on a shoulder, e, of the said stem, as shown in Figs.2 and 5. On the bottom of the runner H rests the lower end of a coiled spring, I, which surrounds the stem A'and extends from the bottom of the runner H as far up as the crownring G. Now, whenever the umbrella is to be folded together, as in Fig. l, the runner D is pulled down and pulls the bracesEdown withit, therehy'also carrying the ribs F into position practically parallel to the stern, and likewise the braces J; but these latter braces, in order to attain this positiou,lift their runuerH,asshown in Fig. 1, and thereby contract the spring I. Iii this position the umbrella is locked by the catch 5 a. Whenever this catch is touched, or the runner D turned aside to open the umbrella the spring I will immediately expand, lower the runner H against the cushion (1, thereby throwing the ribs and braces into the partially hori- 6o zontal position which is shown in Fig. 2,- and opening the parasol or umbrella. Thus, by means of this invention, the labor of opening an umbrella or parasol is avoided,and in case of storm,or where a person has only one hand to use, he can still open the umbrella or parasol by merely touching the catch a or turning the runner D In order to facilitate the folding together of the braces and ribs E, J, and F, they are made U-shaped in cross-section, as shown in Fig. 3,. and adapted to fold the ribs F into the brace;

J, as clearly shown in Fig. 4. The spring I surrounds the upper part of the stem A, and

is exposed to view, so that it can be reached for repair if out of order. This also enables the stem to remain continuous from one end of the parasol to the other.

I claim 1. In an umbrella or parasol, the combination of the ribs F and braces E, ordinary runner D, and catch a, with the additional braces J, runner H, and with the spring I, which surrounds the stem A, all arranged for operation substantially as described. 8

2. The cushion 0?, combined with the shouldered stem A, runner H, extra braces J, spring I, ribs F, braces E, and runner D, for operation on an umbrella or parasol, substantially as specified.

ROBERT GEISLER.

Witnesses:

PEROIVAL KUHNE, GUSTAV VVOHLAUER. 

